Robert Lepage Quotes

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.

I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a career, you never want anyone to be able to pigeonhole you into one specific thing.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

All art is based on non-conformity.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different or taking it in a weird direction.

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock, salsa, rap.

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.

Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.

I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things.

Balance is the enemy of art.

I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

If you define eccentricity as creativity, then yes, creativity is eccentricity.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

Every part that I do has to be different from the last part that I did so I don't become a stereotype.

Of course you draw from yourself, but the artistic nourishment you want to get is be versatile, do something different, and I think I got a chance to do that in a lot of different ways.

I know that whatever I put out, whether people think it's pop or noise or whatever, it's always going to be some kind of a freak or mutation. It's not going to be anything pure that a lot of people will relate to. And that's fine.

What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.